BUSINESSMAKING
A DIFFERENCE
BY MARY ANN KOENIG
One single plastic bottle. After it has served its purpose,
where does it go?
Often, into the ocean.
By the year 2050, plastic will likely outweigh all
the fish in the sea. Around 8 million to 10 million metric tons
of plastic ends up in the ocean each year. And plastic waste
makes up 80% of all marine pollution. These stats, from the
UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission,
portend a bleak future for the planet.
But from chilling facts like these an idea was born. Sarah
Cieslinski and her fiancé, JJ Follano, imagined a business
designed to help diminish the use and overuse of plastics on
a large scale.
Zerowastestore.com is a sustainability products resource
and Cieslinski’s brainchild; a coproduction with Follano that
has blossomed into a successful e-commerce juggernaut to
help tackle the plastics problem.
The business began operations from their Port St. Lucie >>
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ZEROWASTESTORE.COM PHOTOS
Port St. Lucie-based Zerowastestore.com is on a mission, carrying a large roster of plastic-free products to an eager customer base.
E-commerce company designed
to help reduce use of plastic
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